Old Houses Aldgate c.1882 IN15976/1 Old Houses

Old Houses

On the bottom of the image an inscrition reads: With spirits gay I mount the box

This drawing shows customers in the Atlantic pub on the corner of Brixton's Atlantic Road and Coldharbour Lane

The combination of the close-up view and the artificial lighting creates a striking image

George Davison Reid took this photo looking north along Charing Cross Road

Old Houses Aldgate c.1882 IN15976/1 Old HousesOld Houses, Aldgate, c. 1882. These houses were demolished in 1882 to make way for the extension of the Metropolitan Railway from Aldgate to Tower Hill. This photograph was commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London to form part of a permanent visual record of historic buildings threatened with alteration or possible demolition in the 1870s and 80s.